| Easton's Bible Dictionary A gift, a station of the Israelites (Numbers 21:18, 19) between the desert and the borders of Moab, in the Wady Waleh. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia MATTANAH mat'-a-na (mattanah; Codex Vaticanus, Manthanaein; Codex Alexandrinus, Manthanein): A station of the Israelites which seems to have lain between Beer and Nahaliel (Numbers 21:18 f). The name means "gift," and might not inappropriately be applied to a well in the wilderness (Budde translates "Out of the desert a gift"; see The Expository Times, VI, 482). Some would therefore identify it with Beer. This is improbable. There is now no clue to the place, but it must have lain Southwest of the Dead Sea. | Multi-Version Concordance Mattanah (2 Occurrences) Numbers 21:18 the well, which the princes dug, which the nobles of the people dug, with the scepter, and with their poles." From the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Numbers 21:19 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) |